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Mar 2025
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Why CRAZY STUPID LOVE sucks and HOME ALO...

Pulp Kitchen
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Hot takes incoming! We sound off our quick-fire thoughts on several movies, including why HOOK is Spielberg's best film, why RICHARD JEWELL is an underrated gem from Clint Eastwood (pun very much intended), why HOME ALONE 3 rocks, and why CRAZY STUPID LOVE might be just be, well, stupid...

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